Definition of "overlooker" [o•ver•look•er]

• One who overlooks; a work supervisor. (noun)

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• "It was supposed to be one of the first houses built on the grant of the Rock of Dumbarton, and was intended for the "overlooker" of that part of the grant."
• ""Then you think you can be of some use in the house, as a kind of overlooker of the other servants, eh, Nancy -- to prevent waste, and gadding out of doors, and so on?" said Mr. Sheldon, interrogatively."
• "I summed up my account by saying that 'I was at present a kind of overlooker in the stables of the inn, had still some pounds in my purse, and, moreover, a capital horse in the stall.'"